Vissani MDAR44BK5 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Vissani MDAR44BK5 costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Vissani MDAR44BK5 at 269 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
That $51 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.
Efficient, or not, for a refrigerator
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 30.3% less, ranking 1,432 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 4,704 refrigerators ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $22/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Vissani MDAR44BK5: Vesta Labrador 20WH ($51/yr, 269 kWh/yr), then Vissani MDAR44SS5 ($51/yr, 269 kWh/yr).
Within the Vissani lineup
Ranked 51 of Vissani's 112 certified refrigerators, this sits between the HVR32GSEF ($41/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MDBF18SS ($103/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Vissani MDAR44BK5 that long and it costs about $657 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $51/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
$51/year to run is the predictable cost of the Vissani MDAR44BK5; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 1,432 of 4,704, the Vissani MDAR44BK5 sits in the middle of the refrigerator category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math. The 269 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.